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No Invisible Children

   Republicans and their base of white supremacist have focused their homophobic attacks on society’s most vulnerable, our children. Unfortunately, their demonic logic suggests that if there’s no mention made of the word “gay” they somehow merely become invisible and develop as heterosexuals. […]

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Visionary and Fruition

     I will post one or two words every Sunday on my Facebook page (James Hankins). The two words for today are visionary and fruition. A person who can imagine or look into the future is called a visionary. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King is a great example of a visionary with his “I Have a Dream Speech” at the Washington Monument in 1963. Dr. King said, “We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and hotels of the cities.” […]

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We see you!

     Admittedly, I am a work in progress and will be that way for as long as I continue to inhale and exhale. Since I have no idea when those actions will cease, I just keep on keeping on — living and learning with the understanding that when you know better, you do better. […]

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Wartime Media

     At one time during my long media career, I was hired as the news and public affairs director of a radio station in Florida’s capitol city and subsequently hired as the Executive Producer of “Vibrations”, a highly rated television news and talk show that ran for 15 years in Tallahassee. […]

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Putin’s Insane Nuclear Threat

    America now finds itself held hostage by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. He’s a mad man whose head appears to have become too heavy to remain upright or to think sensibly. If you notice, it always tilted to his right. Just maybe, he does this because he wants to be able to dodge the plane carrying the nuclear bomb he’s threatening to launch. In fact, his table is literally long enough to serve as a runway for an airplane to take off carrying a nuclear bomb. […]

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Democracy VS. Autocracy

     AUTOCRACY means self-power, one person or group holds all the power, no freedom, and rights except what the government allows that can be changed at any time with no written constitution. The leader comes to power by overthrowing the government or a fake election. President Vladimir Putin won his election by receiving 77% of the votes. His cronies (yes men) counted the votes and made the outcome what they wanted it to be. The few brave people who didn’t vote for him were putting their lives on the line. Putin has been president for over 12 years and can be elected to two more six- year terms. […]